Message

Messages that can be shown from either server or client. It can be set to disappear after a certain period of time, or to stay put until the user closes it.

It works as a replacement for the <h:messages tag, but can also be used to show arbitrary messages generated client side via the Widget API.

Message also support an optional icon to be displayed with the message, and an optional closable attribute that will override the default for the message container. To support this server side, TornadoFaces comes with a NotificationMessage class that extends FacesMessage.

<t:message id="msgs" widgetVar="msgs" closable="true"/>

<a href="#" class="button alert" onclick="TW('msgs').show('Ouch!', 'An error occured', 'ERROR')">Error message</a>
<a href="#" class="button warning" onclick="TW('msgs').show('Danger!', 'Be warned', 'WARN')">Warning message</a>
<a href="#" class="button success" onclick="TW('msgs').show('Success!', 'Victory!', 'SUCCESS')">Success message</a>

<h:form>
    <t:commandButton value="Server info" action="#{controller.alert}" render=":msgs"/>
</h:form>

public class alert() {
    FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, new NotificationMessage(
        "Success!",
        "A successfull server generated message",
        "http://url/to/image.png").closable(false));
}